Jim Gaffigan didn't have the fortune of being born here, but the native Hoosier did the next best thing and married someone who was.

Milwaukee is sort of a second home for the New York-based stand-up comic, not simply because of his family connections or because he's played annual year-end shows at the Pabst Theater since 2007. His style of stand-up - clean, soft-spoken, often deadpan, obsessive about food - seems tailor-made for Midwestern sensibilities. | Dec. 29, 2012»Read Full Article(2)

Steam carried the scent of roasting pork and grilling chicken across State Fair Park in West Allis, as crowds for the fair's final day drifted by, carrying plastic cups of beer and Dippin' Dots.

The threat of rain Sunday didn't seem to have discouraged many, judging by the long lines waiting for the strawberry- and banana-flavored milk at Herb's Superb Milk House. Long lines also could be found at the Margarita Express and the cookie dough fondue. | Aug. 11, 2013»Read Full Article(4)

Pittsburgh, famed as a city of bridges, has made one of them more colorful this weekend. More than 1,800 artists and volunteers are in the process of yard-bombing the Andy Warhol Bridge, which spans the Allegheny River to connect downtown Pittsburgh and the city's North Shore.

Monica Disare of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the Knit the Bridge project "will be the largest yarn bomb in the United States." | Aug. 11, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

There was Swift, up on the big screens, growing up in a matter of moments through a series of home movies, from smashing the keys on a keyboard as a four-year-old, to performing in a school musical and at some humble gigs as a preteen and teen, to standing at a press conference at the Grammys at 19. It all culiminated with the 23-year-old Swift in the flesh, escorted through the Bears field on the shoulders of her dancers, slapping fans' hands and singing her exuberant pop hit "22."| Aug. 11, 2013»Read Full Article(2)

Snap Milwaukee

Photographers from Magnum Photo have been chronicling the world since the cooperative's founding in 1947. They are finally ready to take a look at Milwaukee with their "Postcards from America" project. A group of Magnum's shooters will make a few visits to our town and take its portrait. They will discuss the project at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive. After the discussion, there will be a reception with food and a cash bar. Tickets are $10, or free for museum members (cash only at the door, though tickets can be bought by credit card in advance at the museum's website). | Aug. 11, 2013»Read Full Article

Backyard party

You may hold a great barbecue in your own backyard, but this one has a few things yours doesn't. A Henry Moore or two along with a couple of Mark di Suveros, for a start. The Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 W. Brown Deer Road, is holding its second "Harry and Peg Bradley's Backyard Barbecue" Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. Picnickers will find plenty to enjoy on the grounds of the Bradleys' former home. That includes a meal prepared by Braise restaurant, live music, a magic show, a chance to watch an artist at work and activities for the younger art lovers. Tickets are $65 per person or $150 for the whole family and can be purchased online or by calling (414) 446-8794. | Aug. 11, 2013»Read Full Article